World Satellite Services Markets in the Oil and Gas Industry

The oil and gas industry is a multi-billion dollar industry that spans many activities and sectors. It ranges from extraction of oil and gas deposits to the refining, transportation and ultimate distribution of the various products derived from the raw product. Specific needs addressed by satellite capabilities include; WAN services, business continuity, disaster recovery, spill response, SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition), M2M (Machine to Machine), and drilling rig support. Some of the applications supported include VoIP, FAXoIP, videoconferencing, streaming video, measurement-while-drilling, Internet, mobile voice and data and various other typical business applications.